If retinal detachment is ignored it results in total or partial blindness. Most likely the entire retina strips away from the underlying choroid causing a total retinal detachment. If left untreated this closes like a funnel, making it inoperable. Very rarely some detachments resolve spontaneously causing degeneration of the retina and permanent visual field...Read More

        Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy or NPDR is an early stage of diabetic retinopathy in which there may not be any symptoms. The doctor identifies this stage after examining the retina carefully. It may not need treatment unless there is associated diabetic macular edema. In severe cases when blood flow has come down...Read More

  Is laser preferred or injection inside the eye in a patient with diabetic retinopathy. In patients with advanced diabetic retinopathy laser is a must. This helps to preserve the health of the retina and prevent further deterioration. However laser does not improve vision in bleeds etc. Injections help to improve vision in cases of...Read More

A young diabetic patient came with black floaters in the left eye. On examination she was found to have vitreous haemorrhage or blood inside the vitreous cavity of the eye. If diabetic patients are evaluated yearly and treated with laser and injections, this can be avoided. Vitreous haemorrhage is treated with anti-VEGF injections and laser...Read More

Diabetic Retinopathy can lead to incurable blindness, IF UNTREATED. However, when timely diagnosis and treatment are given, it can be made stable and progression can be halted. In this manner vision can be preserved.Read More

  Blood inside the eye is called vitreous hemorrhage. This commonly happens in advanced stages of diabetic retinopathy or any condition causing new abnormal blood vessels to grow. Injections are given insde the eye to stop bleeding and reduce growth of abnormal blood vessels.Read More

Diabetic retinopathy eventually progresses to a stage in which blood flow to the retina of both eyes comes down. Once this happens, compensatory new blood vessels grow on the retina which are unhealthy and fragile. These break and bleed easily causing vitreous haemorrhage and retinal detachment. This eventually leads to blindness. Laser treatment done for...Read More